Richard Russo, Jr., CPA

Chief Executive Officer; President

Richard Russo, Jr. has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since November 2020 and Chief Executive Officer since October 2022.  He has over 15 years of finance and accounting leadership experience and holds a CPA. 

From 2017-2020, Russo, Jr. served as Vice President of Finance and U.S. Chief Financial Officer of ICarbonX, where he was responsible for the merger of 3 companies, fundraising, and the ultimate dissolution of the U.S. companies. 

From 2007-2016, Russo, Jr. held various key leadership roles for NASDAQ listed companies in life sciences, pharmaceutical and medical device industries.   He served as Corporate Controller for Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company, Juniper Pharmaceuticals, a woman’s health company focused on developing therapeutics and Cynosure, a medical device company focused on aesthetic treatment systems.  In each of these roles, Russo, Jr. was responsible for all finance activities and SEC reporting along including partnering closely with the business leaders to ensure effective and efficient financial procedures throughout the organization.

Russo, Jr. started his career in 2005, where he served as an auditor at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in the assurance group. 

Dan Gonsalves, CPA

Corporate Controller

Dan has over 16 years of Finance and Accounting leadership experience and is a licensed CPA. Dan spent 4 years with DXL Group where he held Director roles in Accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis.  Prior to DXL Group, Dan spent 6 years with CFGI advising companies across a variety of industries on technical accounting issues, financial statement preparation and IPO readiness, and internal controls. Dan started his career with Deloitte in the Audit practice.

Mark Eiseman

Sales Director

Mark Eiseman started with BIONIK in 2022 and serves as our Sales Director leading the Sales and Clinical Teams. Mark graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has worked with advanced rehabilitation technology companies for over 10 years. He began his medical career with AlterG, and his robotics experience started when he joined the Ekso Bionics team. Most recently, Mark was the Total Solutions Specialist for DIH (Hocoma) where he assisted the sales team in helping customers design and implement robotic therapy programs.

John Smathers

Director of Operations

John brings over 27 years of experience in development of market leading medical devices for radiation oncology, neurosurgery, and neurocritical care. He joined BIONIK from the Codman Specialty Surgical division of Integra LifeScience.